which software to create simple slide shows or videos

fergie23

I am looking for some fairly simple software to create a slide show/video from my digital images...maybe add some music. What is the easiest software to do this with? Thx Smile

bluefish86 · Posted: Oct 25, 2004 9:38 am Post subject:

Quicktime pro is reallly easy to use to make a simple slideshow. Just select "Open image sequence..." and choose a folder filled with pictures. It'll ask you how long to show each picture, and make a slideshow. You can also add a soundtrack.

Once you're done, you can export it to mpeg, mpeg4, .mov or any other format quicktime supports (a real lot).

fergie23 · Posted: Oct 25, 2004 10:15 am Post subject:

is it expensive?

John Jared · Addict Joined: 12 Jan 2003 Posts: 726 City: Round Lake, IL

you might want to checkout Premiere Elements 1.0. I just purchase the bundle software of Premiere Elements 1.0 and Photoshop Elements 3.0 and you can easily do it premiere elements.

bluefish86 · Posted: Oct 25, 2004 3:07 pm Post subject:

Quicktime pro is $30? I think? Something like that anyways. Check out www.apple.com to find out how much and to order if you want (yes there is a PC version too). To get it, you download Quicktime Player from the website, and then you can upgrade the player to pro by entering a serial. I'm sure you could find a "less expensive" serial if you look around.

fergie23 · Posted: Oct 25, 2004 4:24 pm Post subject:

bluefish86, i checked out quicktime pro...looks pretty good...and my Kodak camera films in quicktime format, so that should work pretty well. Does it make pretty good videos? ...a less expensive serial number???

bluefish86 · Posted: Oct 26, 2004 7:29 am Post subject:

It has a very good video encoder. Mpeg4 gives really small file sizes for a good quality video, and the other formats work well too. Just be careful using mpeg4 if you plan on posting on the internet because it's very new and not supported by all players yet.

fergie23 · Posted: Oct 27, 2004 3:05 pm Post subject:

bluefish86, do you know if quicktime has a format that allows you to copy the movie or slideshow to dvd and watch on a regular dvd player? thx

bluefish86 · Posted: Oct 27, 2004 4:05 pm Post subject:

No, you can't encode VCD or DVD video with Quicktime pro. If you want to do that, there are other better programs.

bluefish86 · Posted: Oct 27, 2004 4:12 pm Post subject:

Actually, what I said wasn't entirely true. You can encode VCDs with quicktime if you install the right plugin (which you have to buy). But if that's what you want to do, you're still better off with another program.

fergie23 · Posted: Oct 28, 2004 7:51 am Post subject:

Thanks for the info..I'll keep looking for a program that does allow me to encode VCD's or DVD's and watch on a regular TV. I have Nero and tried to make a VCD but it didn't play on my DVD player...does anyone know of a decent program to make slideshows/videos with that also encodes VCD's/DVS's? Thx

billspin · Newbie Joined: 26 Aug 2004 Posts: 20 City: Westminster, CO

You should look at Sonic MyDVD
http://www.sonic.com/products/mydvd/mydvd/default.asp
I use this and it does a prety good job for what I do.
They offer three different versions depending what features you would like.